Siege of Pontremoli

The Siege of Pontremoli (early August 1796) was a siege of the French Revolutionary Wars that occurred when a French army of 1,233 troops under general Jean-Andre Massena laid siege to the Tuscan city of Pontremoli, defended by 1,041 troops under Umberto Borelli. Massena and his army advanced from southern France and into Liguria, preparing for a preemptive attack against Tuscany, which had played a passive role in the coalition against the French First Republic. France allied with Lucca and convinced Lucca to break its alliance with Tuscany, and Massena's army stormed the Tuscan city of Pontremoli with 303 losses. Massa-Carrara fell to the French with this victory, and the Tuscans were confined to their capital of Florence.